Category Archives: Ezekiel

Daniel 7 – Visions in the Night

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Rick Wadholm

This chapter is considered by most to be the most significant chapter of Daniel and also a key chapter of the Old Testament.  There are some who have proposed that Daniel has borrowed from the ancient Near Eastern mythologies around … Continue reading →

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Daniel 4 – The God Who Rules

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 4:1-3 – The opening address by Nebuchadnezzar.  This chapter opens with a personal address to all peoples everywhere and announces the power and majesty of the God of Israel as the Most High God.  The … Continue reading →

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Daniel 3 – The God Who Saves

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

3:1-7 – The image of gold.  Theodotian and the LXX provide an interesting time note that is not included in the Aramaic text found in our Bibles.  They actually state that it was Nebuchadnezzar’s 18th year when what follows happened … Continue reading →

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Farewell Good-Fellow

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Last night I said my fairwells to a good friend of late.  We had become intensely acquainted with one another over this last year spending many days every week (and many, many hours each of those days).  While it is … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 47-48 – The River And The Land

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 47:1-6 – A trickle from the temple becomes a great river.  The location that Ezekiel is shown may indicate where the “sea” was once kept in Solomon’s temple, but there is no mention of such … Continue reading →

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Worship of the Living and the Dead

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Strange are the self-worshipers, since they worship carrion. (Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran pg. 53) Oh, that we would recognize our death, as the very dry bones filling the valley of Ezekiel’s vision (Eze.37)!  Our sins have slain us and … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 45-46 – Sacred Land and Days

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> By Clarence Larkin (click to enlarge) 45:1-6 – The sacred district.  The full sacred area would cover an area seven miles wide and seven miles long.  One section stretching seven miles long and three miles … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 43-44 – The Glory of the LORD and the Temple Torah

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

43:1-5 – The glory returns.  Why does the glory of the LORD approach from the east? (cf. Eze.11:23)  There is no ignoring the approaching glory which radiates the land and comes with a great tumult of sound.  This vision is … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 40-42 – A New House for the LORD

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

40:1-4 – A new vision.  The date given in verse one marks the twenty-fifth year of the exile of Jehoiachin and the fourteenth year since the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem (April 28, 573BC).  The twenty-five year mark may … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 38-39 – Gog and Magog

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

38:1-9 – Who is Gog and what will he do?  It is believed that this is a reference to the recent figure Gyges of Lydia (reigned in approximately the first half of the seventh century BC according to certain Assyrian … Continue reading →

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